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A Great Video Dagogo Altraide created this brilliant video on China’s totalitarian electronic systems and posted it on his ColdFusion YouTube Channel. No, we have no affiliation with him whatsoever, but you should really check out his channel for great videos about technology. What We Should Learn While this video …

In recent articles we’ve discussed how people are lulled into complacency by big data’s illusion of safety and highlighted an article written by a privacy visionary about how Google has become a tracking company rather than a search engine company. The bottom line, as usual, is that you aren’t truly …

We’ve Said It Before Here at Ethical Developer Group we’ve said it before, though we aren’t the first to say it: If you are getting a service for free, you should take a hard look at what the provider’s business model is. Unless you are dealing with some kind of …

Would you walk near the edge of a cliff if you couldn’t see where the edge was? During a clear day, with a view of exactly what hazards such a path might hold, a walk along the edge might be invigorating or exciting, depending on your personal taste. On a …

Ten Years of Cryptocurrency Recently Bitcoin celebrated ten years of operation. Thousands of other cryptocurrencies and hundreds of other blockchain implementations have followed Bitcoin’s lead, with more advances coming every day. Development in the blockchain world is growing rapidly and cryptocurrency innovations continue to build on the original concept. …

Let’s consider a person, fairly close to you, who insists on keeping certain things private. Among other, more normal things, he is sensitive about sharing the whereabouts of his wallet, how much time he feels comfortable spending out with friends, and his favorite genre of books. And he’s pretty vocal …

Calling All Inventors! Are you an inventor? Do you know any inventors? Would you like to see a truly ethical inventor system built to help inventors? Please read on! As a part of the Ethical Developers Group project, we are looking at developing an ethical inventor system, a platform that …

Safety in the fast-moving world of technology, particularly in the realm of apps can be a difficult thing to pin down. On one hand, it’s made life much, much easier in many different ways. On the other hand, it can be very difficult to know where your information …

In this interview on One America News Network, Dave White of Spartan Security Consulting observes the commonplace unethical use of data that is collected from unwitting consumers. He points out that the data sharing agreements between these companies can result in consumers getting results that are “not necessarily what they …